HHS published its Climate Action Plan (CAP) in September 2021, which represents a concerted effort to enhance resilience and adaptation to climate change through the activities of HHS. HHS’ CAP represents the initial steps in working across HHS’ various divisions and individual regions to identify and implement critical actions to protect the health of all Americans from climate change related threats. HHS identifies facilities as a primary component of the CAP. When assessing the status of facilities climate adaptation, HHS realizes the need to ensure that cohesive efforts, initiatives, and standards are set forth throughout the agency. HHS updated its budget justification guidance and capital project prioritization model to provide a higher budgetary priority to projects that have factored in climate adaptation and resilience plans and climate vulnerability assessments for new and existing facilities, respectively. HHS landholding operating divisions are performing climate vulnerability assessments for climate hazards such as wildfires, drought, flooding, extreme heat, and wind for existing facilities that are deemed missioned critical. Once a vulnerability and exposure for a given facility is determined, a facility’s risk is assessed. Although Climate Change affects all individuals, it has been demonstrated those most susceptible include communities of color, older adults, children, pregnant persons, people with lower income, those who live or work in areas with greater exposure to climate hazards, as well as people with pre-existing physical, behavioral, or chronic health conditions. For these reasons, HHS has incorporated its newly established Environmental Justice Index (EJI) as another metric HHS facilities need to evaluate as part of their facility profile. EJI is a tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden through the lenses of human health and health equity. HHS’ revised guidance and capital prioritization model to account for climate risk and environmental justice will ensure HHS’ facility project plans take into consideration the financial risk posed by climate change while considering the needs from disadvantaged communities.